We would like to welcome Mr. Alex Malin for the Fall 2023 season as our new guest Maestro! 
Mr. Malin earned his Bachelor of Music degree at
SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music,
with an emphasis on Music Theory and Composition. 
WELCOME TO OUR STRING FAMILY, ALEX! 


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PAST EVENTS & PERFORMANCES

2018 FALL CONCERT
Saturday, November 17th at 12pm @ Keene Central School District

Semester Literature
3 Miniatures for String Orchestra....William Stokes
Written & Conducted by Bill Stokes
Rondeau....Moret/Leidig
Conducted by Janeen Streeter
Quartet No. 2....David Stone
Fire Mountain Intermezzo....Denisch
Guest conductor,
Evan Meccarello

Evan Meccarello 
​Thames Valley Music School
http://wordpress.conncoll.edu/tvms/faculty/strings/evan-meccarello/

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SPRING 2019 PROGRAM
May 30th, 2019 @ 6:30 pm 
Lake Placid Synagogue
               
Repertoire
William Tell Overture....Giacomo Rossini, arr. Dackow
Conducted by Janeen Streeter
Chorale....Matesky & Rush
Shall We Gather at the River....Robert Lowry, arr. Burswold
Led by Alison Simcox
Allegro from Concerto for Two Cellos....Antonio Vivaldi
Led by Alison Simcox
Yellow Bird....Monton, arr. William Stokes
Conducted by Bill Stokes
Prelude for Strings....Gerald Finzi
Conducted by Esther Rogers Baker

The Community String Orchestra of the Adirondacks is a non-profit organization for musicians and by musicians of all ages and abilities.  Our work strives to bring string musicians together and to bring string music to the local communities of the northern Adirondack region.  

FALL 2019 PROGRAM
Saturday, November 23rd @ Noon
Keene Central School Auditorium
Dueling Fiddles...Gretchen Koehler
Celtic Jigs...traditional Celtic songs, arr. Pedro Gilabert
Two Chinese Paintings:  Ancient Echo, Silk and Bamboo
...traditional Chinese songs, arr. Wu Man, realized by Danny Clay
Glimpses of Muqam Chebiyat: Third Dastan
...traditional Chinese song, arr. Wu Man, realized by Danny Clay
Le Reel du Pendu...traditional Québécois song
Amrit...Kala Ramnath
Lovers Waltz...Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, arr. Andrew Dabczynski​
Special Guests This Semester:
Gretchen Koehler, fiddler 
http://www.gretchenkoehlermusic.com/ 
Daniel Levin, contemporary cellist 
http://daniel-levin.com/about 
We focused this session on styles of ornamentation and improvisation around folk-based aural traditions
​(including celtic and American folk), free jazz and conduction, and Chinese and Indian styles.

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Summer, 2021 Concert Video Clip!....

SPRING 2022
Musical Works: Lu Yun and Vivaldi, plus World Folk Tunes and music from LaLa Land.
This session, our orchestra was under the direction of Esther Rogers-Baker and Maestra Kim Diehnelt.

FALL 2022:  ODE TO JOY...the Joy and Magic of Making Music!
November 3, 2022 at 5pm
Lake Placid Center for the Performing Arts
Maestra Kim Diehnelt, Guest Conductor
Esther Rogers Baker, Founder and Artistic Director
Rachel Hill & Janeen Streeter, Orchestra Coaches

Ode to Joy...theme by Ludwig Van Beethoven
Allegro...arranged by Janeen Steeter, composer: S Suzuki
Yellow Bird...arranged by Bill Stokes, traditional: Haitian Creole Song
Brandenburg #3 - Allegro...J.S. Bach
Amadeus! - Allegro con brio...W.A. Mozart
Highlights from Harry Potter...John Williams
Excerpt from Symphony #9 - Presto...L.V. Beethoven

SPRING, 2023 
Thursday, June 22nd    5pm Lake Placid Center for the Arts & 7:30pm at Saranac Village of Will Rogers
Maestra Kim Dienelt, Composer and Conductor
Hungarian Circle Dance....traditional
Adirondack Spring for Strings....composer and artist-in-residence, Kim Dienelt
Allegro Barbaro...Bela Bartok
Allegro in D (from the Concert for Two Trumpets)...Antonio Vivaldi
Theme from Downton Abbey...arr. Larry Moore

HEAR YE!  HEAR YE!  READ ALL ABOUT IT!.....
press_release_hmi_quartet_adks.pdf
The Henry Mancini Institute String Quartet visits the north country for a residency hosted by the Community String Orchestra of the Adirondacks.
May 16-23 the quartet will perform, teach, and begin their recovery from a busy school year. The HMI String Quartet is comprised of graduate fellows from the Henry Mancini Institute at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music including cellist and former Adirondack resident Esther Rogers Baker. They will bring music to schools in Keene, Peru, Morrisonville, and Tupper Lake, visit the Community String Orchestra of the Adirondacks at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts, give private lessons, and give two concerts in Saranac Lake.

You can see them perform at Will Rogers on May 17 at 7pm and at Lake Flower Landing at 7pm on May 19. With a unique combination of musical backgrounds, including classical, pop, Celtic, and Brazilian, the HMI quartet performs a broad range of styles, offering a fresh take on the string quartet tradition. They also have a passion for works by living (and underrepresented) composers. Notable recent engagements include Steve Reich’s Different Trains in collaboration with Seth Parker Woods, a special invitation to perform an original Celtic arrangement at National Sawdust in Brooklyn, NY, and masterclasses with Rachel Barton Pine and the Miro and JACK Quartets. Their coaches in Miami include Jeffrey Zeigler (formerly Kronos Quartet) and Scott Flavin.

Music on May 17 will include arrangements of traditional fiddle tunes for string quartet, Blueprint by Caroline Shaw, and Knock by Joan Jeanrenaud. Music on May 19 will feature String Quartet No.5 by Daniel Bernard Roumain honoring Rosa Parks, Alleged Dances by John Adams, and a premier work by Frost School of Music composer David Vess.

​Both concerts are free with donations gratefully accepted to benefit the Community String Orchestra of the Adirondacks. The Community String Orchestra of the Adirondacks is a non-profit organization for musicians and by musicians of all ages and abilities. Their work strives to bring string musicians together and to bring music to the local communities of the northern Adirondack region. 
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